朝鲜周五表示，制裁和施压“可能对弱者有效，但对我们从未奏效”，此前多个国家呼吁朝鲜无核化，并敦促采取行动遏制平壤规避联合国制裁的企图。
North Korea on Friday said sanctions and pressure “may work on the weak but never on us,” after several countries called for its denuclearization and urged action to counter Pyongyang’s attempts to evade UN sanctions.
澳大利亚、加拿大、法国、德国、意大利、日本、荷兰、新西兰、韩国、英国、美国和欧盟呼吁朝鲜实现“完全、可验证、不可逆的无核化”，敦促其放弃“不合法”的大规模杀伤性武器和弹道导弹计划。
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK, the US and the European Union called for the “complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization” of North Korea, urging it to abandon its “unlawful” weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.
他们在一份联合声明中说：“我们继续坚定支持执行所有涉朝联合国安理会决议。”
“We continue to strongly support the implementation of all DPRK-related UN Security Council resolutions,” they said in a joint statement.
朝鲜外务省一名发言人在一份声明中谴责这些国家的立场，称其为对朝鲜主权的“肆意侵犯”。
In a statement, a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson denounced the countries’ position, describing it as a “wanton violation” of the country’s sovereignty.
外务省还谴责美国及其“附庸势力”试图以“不公正和不合理的借口”为其对朝“敌对政策”辩护。声明说：“借此机会，我们再次警告多边制裁监督机制成员国，包括韩国和日本，以及积极参与美国主导的反朝制裁和施压敲诈勒索的欧盟，不要进行敌对行为，并明确指出他们将为这种敌对行为承担责任。”
The ministry also condemned what it called the US and its “vassal forces’” attempt to justify their “hostile policy” toward Pyongyang under “unjust and unreasonable pretexts.”“Taking this opportunity, we warn once again the member states of the multilateral sanctions monitoring team, including the ROK and Japan, and the EU, which are active in the US-led anti-DPRK sanctions and pressure racket, against their hostile acts, and make it clear that they will be held accountable for such hostile acts,” it said.
外务省补充说，朝鲜依然决心可靠地“凭借强大力量确保国家主权和利益的保护……并致力于建立基于正义和公正的国际关系”。
The ministry added that North Korea remains determined to reliably “ensure by dint of its powerful strength the protection of its national sovereignty and interests… and strive to build the international relations based on justice and impartiality.”